Alligator mississippiensis, American alligator

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Websites and other references

• Crocodilian Biology Database
• Embryonic Development of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
• American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) - Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Florida)
• "The management of crocodiles in captivity" by Melvin Bolton, FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE 22, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, Rome, 1989

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